Making A Tigercane Egg

First
I would like to thank Norajean
Gatine
for teaching me the zebra, tiger
and leopard skin canes. Her patterns are as inspirational as they are deceptively
simple. With her consent, I will show how to make a tiger cane in this lesson.
This lesson covers making three different small tiger canes then covering and
sanding an egg.

Supplies:

Work
surface

Any
clay brand, you can even mix brands (horror!! but yes - you can!)

2oz
(56.7gr) brown or gold metallic clay

4oz
(113.5gr) white or pearl white clay

1oz
(28.35gr) black clay - pearlized or not

Pasta
machine (optional, but very helpful)

Cutting
tool - tissue blade is the most effective

Scissors
- Optional - to trim excess clay

An
egg

Thumbtacks
- Optional - for piercing eggshells

Syringes
with needles to blow the egg

Liquid
polymer clay or diluent (if you don't have liquid clay, diluent is preferred
but petroleum jelly or mineral oil will suffice)